Leda Deshler

Three days and it will be 5 years since your passing, 16 years after dad. Memories surface; as do impulses to contact you. I smile -- how you would have enjoyed this or that. As I age, I marvel at all you continued doing -- How did you do it? The Grandma-Ben parting dialogue: "Stay as nice as you are," echoes in my mind, as do your statements of expressed gratitude when life turned and you needed caretaking. I would do it all over again in a heartbeat. You are missed, mom. You are...

Coming up on 3 years in 2 days. How many times have I thought, "Call Mom! She'd be interested in this!" Forever remembered. Forever appreciated for all the love and grace you gave.

It is one week now that you departed, mom. Missing you so much. With love.

My condolences to the family of Leda Deshler. She was my teacher (bookkeeping and typing) at Washington High. We talked on the phone regularly for several years right up to her 93rd birthday. I will miss our conversations!